E.Sreedharan

E.Sreedharan, Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is referred to as the Metro Man of India. He was born on 12 July 1932 in Kerala. He graduated in engineering and started off his career as a lecturer in Civil engineering. Then, he shifted to the Bombay Port Trust as a learner just before joining hands with the Indian Railways. He has surpassed various challenges and contributed a lot for public service. He was retired in 1990 from Indian Railways, but was called out and appointed as the CMD of the Konkan Railway. Under his guidance in 7 years, the immensely challenging project met completion. He is the mastermind behind some of the rare project like Delhi Metro and is with a number of prestigious awards including Padma Shri in 2001.